Tip toe through the hexagons Cutie style! Cutting
03-08-2010, 06:58 AM
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thank you everyone for your help! i have begun the rearangment process. sometimes when you look at a block it is difficult to know where the heck to put it. i am guessing i would go with what is on the outside of the block, is that correct. i do believe my next fabric will be much better than this. perhaps i should have kept this fabric for a back. oh well hind sight ;-) :roll:
03-08-2010, 01:36 PM
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Take all you blocks and separate the into piles. The ones that read the same will go into one pile. Once that is done then distribute them. Then look at it and reaarange til it suits you. I think you will like it once all that is done. I do really like it.
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03-08-2010, 03:53 PM
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Alaskasunshine:.Your blocks are really soft and pretty. You almost could do a dark to light, sorta like a watercolor quilt. You could cascade it from one corner diagonally to another corner. Its worth a try anyway.
03-08-2010, 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by cutebuns
so I went and cut off where I needed to and then split the fabric in half length wise, I will be working with half of the fabric at a time, depending on where you are getting your repeats from, you may be doing this differently,
I'm a little behind getting started on this project...
I've found my repeats and am ready to start cutting. I am wondering why you split your fabric in half lengthwise first. Is it to make the pattern matching and cutting of the strips (which must be precise) easier than working with a 42" wide piece of fabric?
In the book, they don't include the cut-in-half-lengthwise step...so they say to "cut a straight edge along one side of the fabric stack from selvage to selvage". Seems like it would be hard to make a straight line 42" wide, since my ruler is only 24" wide.
(It's possible that you've covered this question in the many many posts on this topic...sorry if this is a repeat.) I promise not to repeat it 6 times LOL.
03-08-2010, 04:19 PM
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Repeat as many questions as you have to, even if it is the same question, the simple answer is yes it is easier to work with all the way around, there is no easy way to accurately cut the width of the fabric, and you don't want to be trying to repeatedly stack a big piece either, you can use more than one repeat at a time, though I don't recommend more than 3 at once,
It also depends on what book you are using to what they are telling you to do,
It also depends on what book you are using to what they are telling you to do,
03-08-2010, 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by cutebuns
Repeat as many questions as you have to, even if it is the same question, the simple answer is yes it is easier to work with all the way around, there is no easy way to accurately cut the width of the fabric, and you don't want to be trying to repeatedly stack a big piece either, you can use more than one repeat at a time, though I don't recommend more than 3 at once,
It also depends on what book you are using to what they are telling you to do,
It also depends on what book you are using to what they are telling you to do,
Thank you! The book is One-Block Wonders Encore!
Not sure I understand "...you can use more than one repeat at a time, though I don't recommend more than 3 at once"
And just to confirm...after the super-careful stacking, you cut through all 6 layers at once?
03-08-2010, 05:02 PM
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if you are using more than one repeat of the fabric, like 12 or 18, instead of cutting the repeats individually you can group them in sets, as long as you do it for all 6 pieces,
yes you cut the whole stack at once, that way you get all 6 pieces the same,
yes you cut the whole stack at once, that way you get all 6 pieces the same,
03-08-2010, 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by cutebuns
Repeat as many questions as you have to, even if it is the same question, the simple answer is yes it is easier to work with all the way around, there is no easy way to accurately cut the width of the fabric, and you don't want to be trying to repeatedly stack a big piece either, you can use more than one repeat at a time, though I don't recommend more than 3 at once,
It also depends on what book you are using to what they are telling you to do,
It also depends on what book you are using to what they are telling you to do,
03-08-2010, 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted by cutebuns
as you are cutting along, if you notice that some of your strips look alike, you can move the triangle over a bit to make it in a different spot and or cut from the other end, I started on the salvage edge in the pictures, you can also cut from the other end so that your start and stop will be in a different place.
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